Esther 1:12 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹² But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s command conveyed by the eunuchs. At this the king was enraged, and his anger burned within him.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king's command conveyed by the eunuchs. Therefore the king was enraged, and his anger burned within him.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s commandment by the chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.

Common English Bible

¹² But Queen Vashti refused to come as the king had ordered through the eunuchs. The king was furious, his anger boiling inside.

English Standard Version 2016

¹² But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s command delivered by the eunuchs. At this the king became enraged, and his anger burned within him.

Esther 1:12 Cross References

Genesis 3:16

To the woman he said, “I will make your pangs in childbirth exceedingly great; in pain you shall bring forth children, yet your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you.”

Esther 1:11

to bring Queen Vashti before the king wearing the royal crown, in order to show the peoples and the officials her beauty, for she was fair to behold.

Esther 1:13

Then the king consulted the sages who knew the laws (for this was the king’s procedure toward all who were versed in law and custom,

Esther 7:7

The king rose from the feast in wrath and went into the palace garden, but Haman stayed to beg his life from Queen Esther, for he saw that the king had determined to destroy him.

Psalm 74:1

O God, why do you cast us off forever? Why does your anger smoke against the sheep of your pasture?

Psalm 79:5

How long, O Lord? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealous wrath burn like fire?

Exodus 32:19

As soon as he came near the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, Moses’s anger burned hot, and he threw the tablets from his hands and broke them at the foot of the mountain.

Exodus 32:22

And Aaron said, “Do not let the anger of my lord burn hot; you know the people, that they are wicked.

Proverbs 19:12

A king’s anger is like the growling of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.

Proverbs 20:2

The dread anger of a king is like the growling of a lion; anyone who provokes him to anger forfeits life itself.

Daniel 2:12

Because of this the king flew into a violent rage and commanded that all the wise men of Babylon be destroyed.

Daniel 3:13

Then Nebuchadnezzar in furious rage commanded that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego be brought in, so they brought those men before the king.

Daniel 3:19

Then Nebuchadnezzar was so filled with rage against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego that his face was distorted. He ordered the furnace heated up seven times more than was customary

Nahum 1:6

Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure the heat of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and by him the rocks are broken in pieces.

Ephesians 5:22

Wives, be subject to your husbands as to the Lord,

Ephesians 5:24

Just as the church is subject to Christ, so also wives ought to be, in everything, to their husbands.

Deuteronomy 29:20

the Lord will be unwilling to pardon them, for then the Lord’s anger and passion will smoke against them. All the curses written in this book will descend on them, and the Lord will blot out their names from under heaven.

1 Peter 3:1

Wives, in the same way, be subject to your husbands, so that, even if some of them do not obey the word, they may be won over without a word by their wives’ conduct,